Hierarchical growth of TiO2 nanosheets on anodic ZnO nanowires for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 325, Issue , 2016, Pages 365-374

  Miles, David O ^a   Lee, Chang Soo ^b   Cameron, Petra J ^c   Mattia, Davide ^d   Kim, Jong Hak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core shell; Dye sensitized solar cells; Graft copolymer; Solid state electrolyte; TiO2 nanosheet; ZnO nanowire

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; CORE SHELL; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE; ZNO NANOWIRES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84990040824     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.06.033     Document Type: Article

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